Additional Functions in InfoPackage Maintenance 

For All InfoPackages

Defining Control Parameters for Data Transfer

By choosingSchedule → DataSource Default Data Transfer, you can override the settings you made in BI Customizing for a particular DataSource and update mode.

More information: Control Parameter Maintenance for Data Transfer

Defining the Maximum Wait Time until Requests are Determined to be Incorrect

By choosing Scheduler → Time-out Time, you can define the maximum wait time after which the system determines the request as being in error. If the system has not received any (additional) data record before the maximum wait time has elapsed, the request assumes the status to be incorrect.

You can use this function to override system-wide settings for a particular InfoPackage. The default setting for each InfoPackage is the same as the system-wide setting you made under Monitor → Settings or in BI Customizing.

Defining the Request Status for Warnings

By choosing Scheduler → Treatment of Warnings, you can define how the system should react to warnings, that is, whether the request of this InfoPackage gets the status green, yellow or red in such a case. You can use this function to override system-wide settings for a particular InfoPackage. The default setting for each InfoPackage is the same as the system-wide setting you made under Monitor → Settings or in BI Customizing.

We recommend you do not assign the status yellow to the request when a warning arises, since this prevents subsequent processing steps from starting. The request would then be denoted as incorrect after the time-out time had elapsed anyway.

Defining the Request Status if there is no Data in the Source System

By choosing Scheduler  → Traffic Light Color for Empty Requests, you can define how the system should react if there is no data in the source system for the data request.

Restrict number of selection values

By choosing Extras → Restrict Number of Selection Values, you can set a flag for the InfoPackage stipulating that a maximum of 1000 single and interval selection can be defined. In the default setting, this flag is set.

Perform automatic metadata comparison during data request from SAP source systems

By choosing Extras → Synchronize Metadata, you can stipulate that a metadata comparison of the DataSource in BI with the source system will take place and that the DataSource will be replicated if necessary.

For reasons of compatibility the flag for DataSources 3.x is not set in the default setting. For DataSources in the dataflow with transformation, the flag is set.

More information: Replicating DataSources in the Replication with Data Request section.

For InfoPackages 3.x

Test deletion selection at start

If you want to Automatically Delete or Cancel Requests for the InfoCube after Loading, you can choose Scheduler  → Test Deletion Options at Start to determine whether the requests are to be deleted or canceled with or without the system displaying a warning.     

Set parallel execution of processes

By choosing Extras →  PSA -> Parallel DTA, you can set the maximum number of parallel processes for the update process from DataSource 3.x of this InfoPackage to the defined data targets.

More information: BI Background Management

For InfoPackages with Delta Process

Display initialization for a DataSource

For InfoPackages that can load deltas, you can display all initializations for the DataSource by choosing Scheduler → Initialization Options for Source System.

More information: Tab page: Updating in the Initialization of Delta Process section.

Indicate request as repair full request

You can use a request that was selected as a repair request via Scheduler → Repair Full Request to carry out a full update in any InfoProvider. This also applies to data requests that already contain data from an initialization run or deltas for this combination of DataSource and source system, and that have overlapping selection criteria.

More information: Tab page: Updating in the Full Update section.

For InfoPackages for File Source System

Set parallel execution of processes

By choosing Extras →  PSA -> Load New DataSource in Parallel you can set the maximum number of parallel processes from a file source system to a DataSource of object type RSDS.

More information: Setting Parallel Processing of BI Processes